Vehicle radiator



May 5, 1931- E.. E. MILLER 1,803,764

VEHICLE RADIATOR Filed Feb. 16. 1929 Patented May .5, 1931 UNITED STATESERNEST E. MILLER, or navrncrrir, NEBaAsnA 'f "Q Y VEHICLE nnnrn'ronApplication led lFebruary 16,1929. 1Serial No. 340,565'.V

This invention relates to vehicle radiators, and more particularly to aradiator for use with self-propelled vehicles. 1

An important object of theinvention is to 5 produce a device of thischaracter which will be extremely flat and may be readily in@ stalledand which may be employed with heated water circulation systems of thetype illustrated in my lprior application, No.l 249,154, iled'January24, 1928, now Patent No. 1,765,933 granted June 24, 1930, for patent onvehicle heaters.

A further and more specific object of the invention is to producein adevice `of this character a construction such that it maybe imposed uponthe upper surface of the floor or deck of the vehicle and willinotinterfere in any way with the operation thereof.

A still further object of the invention i s to produce a constructionpermitting ready modication to accommodate the various controls withwhichv such vehicles are equipped.

These and other objects I attain by thev constructionV shown in theaccompanying l drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is showna preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a planView partially broken away of a radiator constructed in accordance withmy invention;

Figure 2 is a section onthe line 2-2 of Figure 1; Y

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring nowl more particularly to the drawing, the numerals 1() and 11indicate upper and lower metallic sheets which may be of any suitablematerial. These sheets are shaped to correspond tothe shaping of thevehicle deck upon. which they are to be employed both in contour andoutline, and are formed with notches 12 opening through a common edgethereof for the receptionV of the usual vehicle controls. Since thesenotches open through one edge, the plates may be applied tothe deck bymovement thereof in one direction with relation to the controls withoutdisturbing these controls.

i Between the plates is disposed a metallic 5o mesh 13 preferablycomprising woven galvanizedV wire of about .sixteen to` eighteen gaugehaving a mesh 'of one-half inch The weaveV of this material serves toVmaintain the plates in spaced relation and provide cir! culationopenings between the plates which are tortuous in formationandaccordingly insure proper distributionxof the heated water betweenthe plates. i i. i i rlhe mesh separator 13 is shaped Vto correspend tothe shaping of the plates 10 and 11. About the edges of the plates 10and 11 is arranged a seal of. any suitable character, at

rpresent disclosed as a U-shaped binding strip 14 applied thereto andsoldered or welded to each of the plates, as indicated at 15. The platesare further secured to one another at intervals suitably spaced aboutthe facesl thereof. This latter securing means comprises portions 17 ofVone of the plates, 'Y

swedged through openings formed in the l Vother of theV plates andsealed thereto by soldering or the like, as indicated at 18. Y

, The radiator is provided with inlet and outlet connections 19 and 20.Where the radiator is employed on the forward or drivers compartmentdeck, the inlet 19 is preferably disposed at the control side of theradiator, so that the greatest heat will be provided at this point whichis ordinarily the coldest in the vehicle and which is subject tounpleasant 480 drafts in cold and rainy weather.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certainrange of change and modification without materially departing from thespirit of the invention, I do notv limit myself to such specic structureexcept as hereinafter claime I claim Y 1. Aheater for vehiclescomprising a at body adaptedto be placed upon the vehicle 9p deck andcorresponding in contour and outline to the shaping of the deck, saidbody comprising upper and lower plates sealed to one another about theiredges, a member disposed between said plates and maintaining thess`plates in spaced relation to one another while subdividing said spaceinto tortuous chani nels, and means for introducing a heating medium toand withdrawing said heating medium from the space between the plates,

one of said plates having pressed portions extending through openingsformed in the other of the plates and sealed to the edges of saidopenings, said pressed portions being positioned at spaced intervalsabout the plate and between the edge portions thereof.

2. A heater for vehicles comprising a flat body adapted to be placeduponthe vehicle deck and corresponding in contour and out.- line to theshaping of the deck, Said body comprising upper and lower plates sealedto one another about their edges, a member disposed between said platesand maintaining the plates in spaced relation to one another, an inletand an outlet for said plates, and securing means formed integrally Withone of said plates and adapted to engage the opposite plate whereby tosecure said plates together, said securing means being positioned atspaced intervals about the plate and between the marginal edge portionsthereof.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature ERNEST E'. MILLER.

